Lamp

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Object Name: 
Lamp
Place Made: 
United States, New England
Accession Number: 
68.4.546
Dimensions: 
H: 20.2 cm, D(base): 11 cm
Location: 
On Display
Date: 
about 1830-1835
Primary Description: 
Colorless, lead glass; blown and pressed. Inverted pear-shape blown font, attached by three wafers to round knop above pressed domed circular base, stippled, with acanthus leaf decoration.

More Info

Department: 
Modern
Provenance: 
Esterly, Louise S., Source
Rose, James (1899-1975), Former Collection
Color: 
colorless
Technique: 
blown and pressed

Publications (1)

American and European Pressed Glass in The Corning Museum of Glass (1981) illustrated, p. 47, #87; BIB# 30457